Happy
150th Birthday, Ms. NevadaNevada
Day Required ReadingThe
Lady in the Red DressThe Barbwire's classic Nevada Day
column written in 1983The compleat history
of the Silver State in 500 wordsSO
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?Sparks
Tribune 10-31-2013
and previously

Education
Dysfunction Part XLIV>Pots
and Kettles: Can't we all get along?BREAKING
NEWS: WCSD Vice-President Dave Aiazzi has announced that he has been
diagnosed with leukemia and will be resigning by the end of September.
Remember him with healing thoughts and prayers.Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks
Tribune / 8-7-2014

Ask
Hobby Lobby to take in refugee kidsSo
five uptight old Catholic guys in grim reaper robes don't like contraception.
Wonder if they thought that way back in college?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-3-2014 Sparks Tribune

THE
WAY WE WERE  The above is a recently discovered
photo from July 15, 1986. Left to right are Kathy Brown,
Culinary Union Local 86 office manager; Miguel Contreras,
Local 86 Secretary-Treasurer; Local 86 President Bill Uehlein;
a lady named Natalie (anyone who knows her last name,
please write),
and César Chávez. This item was first published
in Ahora, northern Nevada's Spanish-English weekly, on
March 26, 2008. (On 3-19-2009, President Obama paid tribute
to Brother Contreras as he spoke in the L.A. building named
after the late labor leader. See the 1986 Chávez Reno
archive, below.)

RENO, NEV.
(3-7-2014)  PAUL MCKENZIE, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of
the Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada/AFL-CIO,
filed to run for the Reno City Council 4th Ward seat currently held
by term-limited Councilman Dwight Dortch.

WE
LOVE LUCY! As political junkies and others of questionable
character (which describes most of my fans) learned before the rest
of the great unwashed in the Barbwire
of Feb. 20, Assemblymember Lucy Flores, D-Las Vegas,
will declare her candidacy for Nevada lieutenant governor at 2:00
p.m. PST Saturday, March 1, at the College of Southern Nevada Cheyenne
Campus. Does the date imply Lucy is coming in like a lion?
Well, she is woman, hear her roar. She will address Washoe
Democrats on Tuesday evening, March 4, at DemoHQ, 1465 Terminal Way
in Reno. Be well. Raise hell. Esté bien. Haga infierno.

We
Don't Need No Education XXXVI >Education:
The cure spawns an even worse diseaseALSO:
Nevada Assemblymember Lucy Flores, D-Las Vegas, will declare for lieutenant
governor in early March
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-20-2014 Sparks Tribune

Editor's
Note: Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada
dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking
much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links,
I encourage you to contact
them and send
me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their
web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the
other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it
from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an
outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough.
If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before
you e-mail me anything complicated, please read this bulletin
 AB)UPDATE:
In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its
website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you
find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.

HOT
AUGUST STRIKE!  SPFPA LOCAL 1010 security
guards man picket lines in front of the Reno Grand Sierra
nee Reno Hilton during the 1996
strike which resulted in the first security guard union
contract at a Nevada resort in more than three decades. Left
to right are Jack Stratton, Jay Vanderpool, Al Corral
and Chuck Fisher.
The outdoor arena where the Beach Boys appeared can be seen
in the right background. Although they are members of three
unions, the Beach Boys crossed the picket line and performed.The
little union that could still roars in Reno and Laughlin.

Editor's Note: Many
of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies.
In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much
of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage
you to contact them
and send me
a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web
traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the other
hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it from
me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit
for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough. If you
can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before
you e-mail me, please read this bulletin AB) UPDATE: In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun
"upgraded " its website, nuking more than a dozen
years of links. If you find an orphaned Sun story, search
their site for the title.

Education
Dysfunction Part XLIV>Pots
and Kettles: Can't we all get along?BREAKING
NEWS: WCSD Vice-President Dave Aiazzi has announced that he
has been diagnosed with leukemia and will be resigning by the
end of September. Remember him with healing thoughts and prayers.Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
Sparks Tribune / 8-7-2014

WE
LOVE LUCY! As
political junkies and others of questionable character (which
describes most of my fans) learned before the rest of the great
unwashed in the Barbwire
of Feb. 20, Assemblymember Lucy Flores, D-Las
Vegas, will declare her candidacy for Nevada lieutenant governor
at 2:00 p.m. PST Saturday, March 1, at the College of Southern
Nevada Cheyenne Campus. Does the date imply Lucy is coming
in like a lion? Well, she is woman, hear her roar.
She will address Washoe Democrats on Tuesday evening, March
4, at DemoHQ, 1465 Terminal Way in Reno. Be well. Raise hell.
Esté bien. Haga infierno.

We
Don't Need No Education XXXVI>Education:
The cure spawns an even worse diseaseALSO:
Nevada Assemblymember Lucy Flores, D-Las Vegas, will declare
for lieutenant governor in early March
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-20-2014 Sparks Tribune

From
Poor Denny's AlmanacOn
Jan. 28, 1968, responding to a complaint
filed by the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees, the
National Labor Relations Board upheld a hearing examiner's decision
ordering some Las Vegas casinos to rehire 42 casino workers, halt
anti-union activities, and post notices telling workers they would
no longer be penalized for union activity.

Ask
Hobby Lobby to take in refugee kidsSo
five uptight old Catholic guys in grim reaper robes don't like
contraception. Wonder if they thought that way back in college?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-3-2014 Sparks Tribune

As of October
1, 2013, a Nevada job applicant's credit history cannot be used
to impact a hiring decision. Senate Bill 127 makes it illegal
for employers to condition employment on someone's credit information
and stops the longtime practice of requiring credit reports
by many organizations. Some exceptions apply.
Click here to read the law and its legislative history.

From
Poor Denny's AlmanacOn
Jan. 28, 1968, responding to
a complaint filed by the American Federation of Casino and Gaming
Employees, the National Labor Relations Board upheld a hearing
examiner's decision ordering some Las Vegas casinos to rehire
42 casino workers, halt anti-union activities, and post notices
telling workers they would no longer be penalized for union
activity.

Editor's
Note: Many
of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies.
In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much
of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage
you to contact
them and send
me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their
web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On
the other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far
be it from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations
of an outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not
enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before
you e-mail me, please read this bulletin
 AB)UPDATE:
In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded "
its website, nuking more than a dozen years of links.
If you find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for
the title.

Construction

Ironworkers
from Local 118 raising the high iron at the Reno Peppermill Hotel-Casino
expansion.(NevadaLabor.com photo)

RENO,
NEV. (3-7-2014)  PAUL MCKENZIE, Executive Secretary-Treasurer
of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada/AFL-CIO,
filed to run for the Reno City Council 4th Ward seat currently held
by term-limited Councilman Dwight Dortch.

Déjà
vu all over again and again and...Viruses
in the program: Apple downtown Reno/UNR center was never put in writing>Apple
burns the mouse pad: Years of union warnings confirmed. Reno Gazette-Journal
editorial demands more transparency in corporate
welfare tax giveways like Apple and UNR.
Better late than never?

DÉJÀ
VU ALL OVER AGAIN  Washoe Med (now Renown) nurses
picket during a one-day
strike on 6-23-2001. The issues were the same as during
a 1990 organizing drive and remain today: Understaffing which
erodes patient care so that the conglomerate may profit and
proliferate on the backs of health care consumers and taxpayers.

CONTINUING
NEWS ROUNDUP: LV STRIP Construction DeathsLas
Vegas has always flourished through growth. But never before
has booming construction on the Strip taken such a toll in lives.
Construction deaths over the past 16 months exceed the total
reported for the entire 1990s building boom. National safety
experts are alarmed. They say contractors are taking too many
shortcuts and Nevada agencies are lax in oversight. Workers
say they feel unsafe on rushed and crowded construction sites....

Education
Dysfunction Part XLIV>Pots
and Kettles: Can't we all get along?BREAKING
NEWS: WCSD Vice-President Dave Aiazzi has announced that he has been
diagnosed with leukemia and will be resigning by the end of September.
Remember him with healing thoughts and prayers.Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks
Tribune / 8-7-2014

Editor's
Note: Many
of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late
2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive.
If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact
them and send
me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web traffic
in order to increase the price of ads. On the other hand, they
are killing that very traffic. Far be it from me to reconcile
the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit for which a 38 percent
net profit is not enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten
me. (Before
you e-mail me, please read this bulletin
 AB)

UPDATE:
In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its
website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you
find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.